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BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS by Dan Watters and @cleanlined.bsky.social is a mystery right up there with THE LONG HALLOWEEN and COURT OF OWLS. They’ve elevated Firefly like Loeb and Sale did with Calendar Man. Read it now!

Finished writing script for a version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” done as a slasher set in 1822 where Ichabod, Katrina, and Brom are teenagers, but now I’m thinking about rewriting it so it takes place in the present day. Thoughts?

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Now that @criterion.bsky.social made a deal with Apple and put KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON on blu-ray, they need to keep harping Netflix for: GLASS ONION WAKE UP DEAD MAN TICK… TICK… BOOM!

Movies that are not on blu-ray, but need to be: FREAKY FRIDAY (Jamie Lee Curtis) AS GOOD AS IT GETS RUNAWAY BRIDE WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

If you thought a regular, silver Tesla Cybertruck was the epitome of douchebaggery, then you haven’t seen a YELLOW one. These vehicles look like un-rendered polygrams from an N64 game. To go and make it a blinding color that attracts attention is quite a choice. A special breed of idiot.

Donald Trump doesn’t run our elections here in Pennsylvania — and so as long as I’m Governor, he never will. That’s why I’m taking him to court to protect your right to vote — including your right to vote by mail.

The Schwartz is with the forthcoming sequel to Spaceballs.

TURN OFF THE LIGHT by Jacquie Walters is the craziest, most insane ghost story I’ve ever read. Everything has a payoff. We’re talking BACK TO THE FUTURE script payoff. That apple on the first page… revealed on the last page. Both haunting, frightening, and tragic. Read it now!

Found a treatment for a James Bond movie that I wrote and completely forgot about. It’s called ON A KNIFE’S EDGE. It centers on Bond working with the CIA and rogue Russian spies to topple the US President who’s being controlled by Russia and a social media magnate.

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The frozen hot chocolate at Dairy Queen is deeeeeeeeelish!

When I pre-order something, I expect it to be at the store the day of its release. Not the next day. Not several days later. Not next week. THE DAY OF ITS RELEASE. Looking at you @barnesandnoble.com in regards to BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS.

The Dynamic... Trio. Green Arrow and Black Canary join Batman in Detective Comics #1107. Wednesday. @thatpetewoods.bsky.social Variant cover by Ozgur Yildirim.

Looks decent. Which is saying something since Scorsese’s CAPE FEAR is one of the few remakes that are as good, if not better, than the original.

Fuel price yesterday around my area in PA: $3.99 Fuel price today: $4.29 Thanks, Shitler.

Why is Threads better than Bluesky? Dog videos. Why is Bluesky better than Threads? @alexjaffe.bsky.social

PROJECT HAIL MARY is one killer movie. If you’re a screenwriter, the script is available on the @networkisa.bsky.social.

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Can’t decide what script to focus on next: one that’s a page one rewrite, or a slasher set in the 1950s starting from nothing.

Reminder that Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON gets released on Blu-ray for the first time ever this week.

He always discovers a new way to look even shittier.

Movies I’m looking forward to seeing: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY PROJECT HAIL MARY THE MUMMY THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU OBSESSION THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY SUPERGIRL

Finished writing THE SLAUGHTER OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. With kills in the double digits, it definitely is a slaughter. Probably the most violent script I’ve written so far. Who wants to read it? It’s only 103 pages.

HOPPERS is the best Pixar movie since TOY STORY 3! So cute and funny, with an important message! See it now!

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Mr. Rogers, and a fiercely independent public media, is what this country desperately needs right now. Hope you enjoy this great listen from @revealnews.org.

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It took three months, but I finished my slasher script adaptation of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” THE SLAUGHTER OF SLEEPY HOLLOW is lethal.

In a world more online than ever, Barnes & Noble is experiencing a revival. Henry Grabar on how a company once considered “the big bad wolf blowing down the walls of indie bookstores” is once again flourishing:

Hoping SINNERS sneaks away with all the Oscars tomorrow night. Except for Kate Hudson.

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Read STRANGERS ON A TRAIN by Patricia Highsmith. What surprised me most was that Hitchcock and his writers kept most of the sequence of Bruno killing Miriam at the amusement park virtually intact, straight down to the song sung by cast on the merry-go-round. Movie is still better than the book.

I loved every minute of SCREAM 7, including Ghostface’s motive that’s thinner than a sheet of wet tracing paper. Why? Sidney Prescott. Gale Weathers has one of the best entrances in cinema. And she investigates. Hitchcockian suspense for first half of movie instead of jump scares.

So glad Target removed all their blu-rays and DVDs to put up… STRANGER THINGS merch (Oct.) SPACE JAM merch (Now)... …that’s so thin and poorly stocked it looks like they’re in the middle of a liquidation sale.

Or the list of ‘Most Hated People In the World.’

Friend: I'm surprised you don't have more Funko Pops. Tbh, I'm not really into pop culture collectibles. Books. Rocks. Crystals. Bones. That's the shit I collect. I don't want to look like a pop culture nerd. I want to look like a witch who knows a few curses that can't be traced back to her.

The local AMC isn’t playing a non-3D-non-open-captioned showing of HOPPERS until 4 PM on weekdays. But they are showing HAMNET, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, and… ERIN BROKOVICH?! I hate this theater.

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Current read: WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT by Mignon G. Eberhart. It’s a Golden Age mystery.

Need to write more.

“Aaaaaand now iiiiiit’s Springtime for Shitler And ‘Murica” That’s all I’ve got so far. I’m not great at song parodies like Tom Ruegger and the guys at ANIMANIACS.

Read the DC Compact version of NIGHTWING by @tomtaylormade.bsky.social & @brunoredondo.bsky.social and couldn’t put it down. Some of the best writing and art in a comic book. An added laugh was the bear poster referencing @gailsimone.bsky.social. Great work! There should be a Nightwing movie!

On the bookshelves October 13th. Hope y’all like it:

POISON IVY ISSUE 42 is out today and Ivy rules Gotham...as mayor of the city. But what is power in a fundamentally corrupt system? And what do you have to sacrifice to maintain it? Ivy is making bad choices and we're along for the ride. Cover @anireal.bsky.social art @marciotakara.bsky.social

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My comfort movies: Scream (1996) Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Halloween (1978) Back to the Future The Dark Knight Batman Casino Royale Goldfinger Thunderball The Living Daylights Legally Blonde Sister Act While You Were Sleeping Sleepless In Seattle You’ve Got Mail Knives Out White Christmas

Looked into affordable housing plans in NYC for people on a fixed income. The lowest is in the Bronx and you have to make at least $30,000 a year. I’m so screwed. My parents didn’t make that in a year in PA and both of them worked.